Motorist killed in accident
Kuwait Times The victim’s car after the accident. KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate’s (KFSD) public relations department said a vehicle flipped over and caught fire, leaving its driver, a Kuwaiti...
View ArticleRestaurant fined for overcharging delivery
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A citizen took a restaurant to court for charging 500 fils as delivery fee within the same area he lives instead of 250 fils. The court fined the popular restaurant KD 50. Delivery...
View ArticleUS Ambassador’s statement on regional dispute with Qatar
Kuwait Times US Ambassador Lawrence Silverman KUWAIT: The United States Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman released the following statement yesterday, commenting on the current regional affairs:...
View ArticleKuwait Airways welcomes 8th Boeing 777-300ER into its fleet
Kuwait Times Partnership with ALAFCO heralded as ‘collaboration for nation’s future’ KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the official national airline of the State of Kuwait, welcomed the eighth of the 10th Boeing...
View ArticleInterior denies taking additional measures against terrorist threats
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry yesterday dismissed reports that it was taking extraordinary security measures to address external or terrorist threats. The ministry said in a...
View Article62 degrees centigrade temperature untrue, fake news
Kuwait Times A photo circulated on social media and Photoshopped to show the temperature appear as if it was 62 C degrees Adel Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: “Do not believe in fake news,” warned meteorologist...
View ArticleAmir arrives back from India
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir...
View ArticleNaturalized woman kicks husband out
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A recently naturalized Syrian woman kicked her husband out of their house. When police told him to go back to the house, even if by force, he told them: “I love her and I do not...
View ArticleHusband prevented from beating his wife in a cafe
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Patrons of a cafe prevented a man from beating his wife after he found her with her friend. So he threatened her before leaving the place. She then lodged a complaint against him....
View ArticleDrug trafficking gang busted
Kuwait Times Drugs and cash found with the gang members. KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s Relations and Security Information Department said criminal security busted a gang that sells drugs in the...
View ArticleCabinet deplores terrorist plot on Makkah Grand Mosque
Kuwait Times Firefighters applauded for their recent efforts KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chair’s the cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. — KUNA...
View ArticleHundreds of workers stage protest, 15 arrested
Kuwait Times Some of the workers who staged a sit-in protest yesterday to demand salaries KUWAIT: Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers, mostly cleaners, staged a sit-in protest yesterday to demand salaries,...
View ArticleGermany backs Kuwait in attempt to quell Gulf row
Kuwait Times BERLIN: Germany supports His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s efforts as the main mediator in the Gulf crisis, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on...
View ArticleDraft law calls to halt work if mercury hits 50
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei yesterday proposed a draft law calling to halt work at government departments, universities and schools when the temperature hits 50...
View ArticleAuthority mulls setting minimum age for issuing work permits
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Members of the board of the Public Authority for Manpower plan to discuss a proposal to set the minimum age of laborers brought into the country at 30, including male and female...
View ArticleHealth services fees for visiting expats this month: Minister
Kuwait Times Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi said health services fees for visiting expats will go into effect this month. He said he reviewed the revised...
View ArticleAmir receives Qatari Foreign Minister
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and top Kuwaiti officials meet with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. —Amiri Diwan and...
View ArticleTrio arrested with mixture of drugs
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Drugs found with three people arrested for smuggling KUWAIT: Coast Guard officers foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs by sea. A group of people agreed with an Egyptian man outside...
View ArticleChild molester deported
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An Egyptian man in his 60s was deported after he was caught molesting children in a Farwaniya mall. Security guards at the mall suspected the man who used to lure children who were...
View ArticleKuwait supports FAO efforts to eliminate hunger, poverty: Jabri
Kuwait Times Activating global commitment to eradicating hunger Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of Municipal Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri ROME: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and...
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